Effect of previous trauma on acute plasma cortisol level following rape

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1675-1677

  Resnick, Heidi S ^a   Yehuda, Rachel ^b   Pitman, Roger K ^b   Foy, David W ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAPE;

EID: 0028871310     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.11.1675     Document Type: Article

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